Going straight forward...antlers 5th thread.

[Gardener]

Antlers,

Understood, but nearly everyone in these situations DOES let it hit them in the self-worth department...hard! And the question remains...how does one get their self-worth built back up after being blatantly rejected like LBS are?

It's hard. real hard. For me, more and more I just do. Something. Anything.
Gima's personal examples (above) are good ones.
Baby steps. Small successes. Each one makes ya feel a bit good about yourself and what you're made of and who you are. Mine began as simple as getting back to hiking again, meditating again, exercising again. Intermittently at first, but then more regularly because I wanted to again. A whole series of almost insignificant "feel goods" eventually add up to one big, "Ya know, I'm feeling pretty damn good about myself. I remember this guy".
Least that's the way I've been workin' it.
*Quit Update*
17 Days as a non-smoker!
End Quit Update*